The ethics of artificial intelligence principles, challenges, and opportunities / Luciano Floridi.
| Author/creator | Floridi, Luciano, 1964- |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023] |
| Description | xxii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface -- Part 1. Understanding AI. Past : the emergence of AI ; Present : AI as a new form of agency, not intelligence ; Future : the foreseeable development of AI -- Part 2. Evaluating AI. A unified framework of ethical principles of AI ; From principles to practices : the risks of being unethical ; Soft ethics and the governance of AI ; Mapping the ethics of algorithms ; Bad practices : the misuse of AI for social evil ; Good practices : the proper use of AI for social good ; How to deliver a good AI society : some recommendations ; The gambit : AI impact on climate change ; AI and the UN sustainable development goals -- Conclusion: The green and the blue. |
| Abstract | "The book has two goals. The first goal is meta-theoretical and is fulfilled by Part One, which comprises the first three chapters: an interpretation of the past (Chapter 1), the present (Chapter 2), and the future of AI (Chapter 3). Part One develops the thesis that AI is an unprecedented divorce between agency and intelligence. On this basis, Part Two investigates the consequences of such a divorce discussed, developing the thesis that AI as a new form of agency can be harnessed ethically and unethically. It beings (Chapter 4) by offering a unified perspective on the many principles that have been proposed to frame the ethics of AI. This leads to a discussion (Chapter 5) of the potential risks that may undermine the application of these principles, and then (Chapter 6) an analysis of the relation between ethical principles and legal norms, and a definition of soft ethics as post-compliance ethics. Part Two continues by analysing the ethical challenges caused by the development and use of AI (Chapter 7), evil uses of AI (Chapter 8), and good practices when applying AI (Chapter 9). The last group of chapters focuses on the design, development, and deployment of AI for Social Good or AI4SG (Chapter 10), the positive and negative impacts of AI on the environment and how it can be a force for good in the fight against climate change but not without risks and costs, which can and must be avoided or minimized (Chapter 11), and the possibility of using AI in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Chapter 12).The book concludes (Chapter 13) by arguing in favour of a new marriage between the Green of all our habitats and the Blue of all our digital technologies and how this new marriage can support and develop a better society and a healthier biosphere"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-238) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023936445 |
| ISBN | 0198883099 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780198883098 (hardcover) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |